Harold Nicholas died Tuesday, July 4th at the age of 79.

The Nicholas Brothers and their wives:
From left to right: Rigmor and Harold, and Kathryn and Fayard.
See AP story on CNN.

Harold was the younger of the famous Nicholas Brothers tap dance team. Fayard was born in 1914 and Harold in 1921. They debuted in Vaudeville in 1928 and appeared in more than 50 movies. Here the two brothers, with their wives next to each, appeared at the Bruce Watkins Cultural Center May 6, 2000, at an event honoring Leonard Reed (see link below).